In court as Matthew Perry's assistant sentenced

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · May 28, 2026 · 188 words

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One web search result explicitly states that Matthew Perry's assistant was sentenced to 3 years and 5 months in prison. However, the other provided search results are general Wikipedia biographies of Matthew Perry and do not mention the assistant's sentencing. Since only one specific source reports the sentencing event among the provided evidence, it is classified as single_source.

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web search NEUTRAL — Matthew Langford Perry was an American-Canadian actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. He gained international fame for starring as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Perry

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web search NEUTRAL — Matthew Langford Perry; 19 августа 1969, Уильямстаун, Беркшир, Массачусетс, США — 28 октября 2023, Лос-Анджелес, Лос-Анджелес, Калифорния, США) — канадо-американский актёр и сценарист, наиболее извест…
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Перри,_Мэттью

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web search NEUTRAL — The assistant was constantly at Perry’s side in his final days, acting as the actor’s enabler, drug messenger and de facto doctor.One person had no power,” the lawyer said. Morrison said outside court…
https://www.wect.com/2026/05/27/matthew-perrys-assistant-is-…

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